for a good life. be kind to your fellow man. happy birthday. yeah, he looks fantastic. i want to look that good when i'm. when i'm 100. one last look at your weekend forecast. yeah, the not so july. the not so. not so july. upper 70s low 80s to wrap up the weekend. trending a bit warmer monday and tuesday and then back to the mid 80s as we head towards next weekend. i'm trying to think of a downside, but i can't come up with one. unless you're a person who blue skies, low fire danger. yeah. yeah. great. thanks for watching nbc news. nightly news is next. tonight, the dangerous heat blanketing the country. nearly 100 million people under heat alerts from north dakota down to florida. temperatures feeling like more than 110 degrees. thunderstorms triggering flash floods. and in new york new air quality alerts from canada wildfire

smoke. we are tracking it all. new video from inside that southwest flight forced to make sudden maneuvers to avoid a collision. one passenger telling our maggie vespa just about everyone onboard was screaming. just in, israel's military saying it will resume humanitarian aid drops in gaza, as it faces growing global pressure. the fire storm over jeffrey epstein. the justice department granting limited immunity to ghislaine maxwell as president trump is in scotland ahead of key trade meetings. a suspect arrested overnight for a deadly dorm shooting, appearing before a judge today. the license plate tracking technology that police used to find him. the massive search for a new orleans prisoner released by mistake just months after ten prisoners escaped the same jail. a school bus overturns on a pennsylvania highway after crashing with a tour bus. history in the making as the first

astronaut with a physical disability is cleared for spaceflight. and there's good news tonight. >> whoo! >> about having good news to share with the ones you love most. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with jose diaz-balart. good evening. we begin tonight with millions of americans facing extreme temperatures. take a look at this map. you can see almost across the entire eastern half of the country 98 million of us are at risk of dangerous heat. temperatures in some areas that feel like it's 110 degrees or more. and many people won't see any relief until the middle of next week. all of that heat and humidity is also triggering severe storms and flash flooding. and in new york they're seeing hazy skies and under an air quality alert because of wildfire smoke from canada. ryan chandler is tracking it all.

>> reporter: tonight millions facing extreme weather risks nationwide. in missouri heavy rain swamping roads and homes. making this golf course look like a lake. and in texas, tropical downpours flooding these streets, stranding cars under a busy overpass. >> way to go, houston drivers. >> reporter: that same system bringing oppressive heat and humidity to 98 million people from north dakota to florida today. feels-like temperatures expected to reach more than 110 degrees across the east this weekend. charlotte, north carolina, breaking its daily high temperature today, hitting 101 degrees. here in dallas bikers brave the heat. how do you stay safe? >> hydration. hydration's the key. >> reporter: this week that heat proved deadly. dallas county urging caution after reporting their first heat death of the year. the salvation army giving away water and fans to keep people safe ahead of the weekend. from sweltering temps to smoke, canadian

wildfires triggering air quality alerts for much of the north east. earth cam capturing gray haze blurring out the statue of liberty this afternoon. millions facing more brutal heat through the weekend, as extreme weather poses dangers nationwide. >> ryan chandler joins me now from dallas. ryan, how long could this heat last? >> reporter: well, jose, this humid heat is going to stick around for many people well into next week. some people in the north east got a good break from that over the weekend, but they could see feels-like temps up to 105 degrees come monday. jose? >> ryan chandler, thank you. we are seeing video on more of that southwest flight forced to make sudden maneuvers to avoid a midair collision. maggie vespa has the latest. >> reporter: tonight mounting questions from passengers and faa investigators about why air-traffic controllers didn't sound alarms before a near collision near burbank, california,

friday between las vegas bound southwest flight 1496 and a hawker hunter, a privately owned british fighter jet. the midair scare forcing the southwest pilot to dive roughly 500 feet, according to flight tracking data. >> the entire plane was screaming when the plane dropped and then holding on for dear life. >> reporter: brenda freedman on vacation with her husband, recorded videos for their children. >> i said i love you, and i said i'm never doing this again. i'm never getting on a flight without you ever again. >> reporter: video she took showed a pilot checking on a flight attendant, southwest saying two were injured, one taken to the hospital. pilots telling passengers they made the maneuver following onboard alerts from the plane's tcas or traffic collision avoidance system, an automated system that warns pilots of other approaching aircraft. passengers applauding when the plane landed safely in vegas. former faa air safety investigator jeff guzzetti says it's too soon to know who's

responsible. >> should air-traffic control have issued a warning before the tcas system went off? is it rare that goes off th no other warnings prior? >> so ostensibly, yes. now i'm not sure if the controller is culpable here. we don't know what the controller was seeing on his screen. >> reporter: this latest close call in the air comes six months after the crash over the potomac near d.c. between a military chopper and a passenger jet that killed 67. the ntsb is set to begin a public hearing on that crash next week. jose? >> maggie vespa, thank you. we are following breaking news in michigan tonight where state police say they are investigating a multiple stabbing incident at a wal-mart. yeaa eglnd is following the latest. maya, what do we know? >> officials say the injuries range in severity. officials say the suspect is in custody is there is no longer a danger to the public

at this time. a local hospital confirmed to nbc news that at least t 11 victims are being treated from this incident. this happened at the wall administer in traver city, michigan, about 2 hours north of grand rapids. we'll continue to monitor and update as we learn more. jose? also tonight, israel's military says it is resuming humanitarian aid drops inside gaza. aid organizations have warned of mass starvation within the palestinian enclave. today's announcement comes after israel's government face growing pressure over that humanitarian crisis. president trump is in scotland this weekend for trade meetings with the eu and the u.k., but the firestororm over jeffrey epstein is overshadowing his trip, as we are learning more about the limited immunity epstein's accomplice, ghislaine maxwell, received during 9 hours of questioning. kelly o'donnell is traveling with the president. >> reporter: escaping

the extreme heat of washington, political and otherwise, for this five-day private visit to scotland. president trump on the tee at one of his family-owned golf courses. but european officials are ready to meet including u.k. prime minister keir starmer, and tomorrow the eu president, who's working toward a tariff deal for her 27-nation bloc. >> with the european union, i think we have a good 50-50 chance. that's a lot. >> reporter: but deflecting on the controversy around the jeffrey epstein files. >> you're making a very big thing over something that's not a big thing. >> reporter: however, a senior administration official says the justice department granted limited immunity to epstein coconspirator ghislaine maxwell, allowing her to answer two days of doj questions without risk of additional prosecution. maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking. >> people on his client list may be

outed in the coming days. i can't wait for that. >> reporter: that was conservative pad costar dan bonjino before he became the fbi's deputy director, and before he threatened to quit that job when the administration said there was no client list and no epstein files would be released. today a cryptic new post from bonjino writing that he is shocked down to my core. bonjino refers to public corruption and political weaponization but without explanation. yet declares "we are going to get the answers we all deserve." after hours of interview with ghislaine maxwell, a top doj official says they will provide more about what they learned at an appropriate time. jose? >> kelly o'donnell with the president in scotland, thank you. tomorrow on "meet the press" kristen welker will have the latest on the epstein case, interviewing house speaker mike johnson and south carolina senator lindsey graham.

that's tomorrow morning right here on nbc. also tonight, the treasury department has sanctioned a venezuelan crime cartel. the u.s. government designated the car tell of the suns as an international terrorist organization and alleging it is being run by venezuelan president nicolas maduro. the suspect in a deadly shooting at the university of new mexico appeared before a judge today. he is accused of killing one teen and injuring another in a shooting that led to a campus-wide lockdown. steve patterson reports. >> reporter: tonight the teenager accused of taking a young life inside a campus dorm room -- >> city of new mexico versus john patrick fuentes. >> reporter: making his first court appearance virtually today in new mexico. >> you are going to be held without bond and will remain in custody. okay, sir? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: 18-year-old john fuentes appearing in front of a judge

charged with aggravated assault, battery, and first degree murder. >> this is a difficult and heart breaking day for the university of new mexico. >> reporter: police say early friday morning fuentes shot two teens inside a dorm at the university of new mexico's central campus in albuquerque including a 19-year-old shot with nonlife threatening injuries and 14-year-old michael lamont found with a fatal wound to the head. >> it appears that at this time that the individuals were playing video games in a residence that did belong to a unm student. >> reporter: authorities say they responded to the heava dormitory at about 1:30 friday morning arriving to blood, broken glass, and the discovery of lamont's body. the shooting sparking fear across campus leading to an hours long lockdown and shelter in place during the second day of new student orientation. nearly 12 hours later police say fuentes was arrested during a traffic stop some 25 miles away. officers crediting

cutting edge tech to ending the man-hunt. >> the key development in the investigation came through the use of license plate reader technology, which helped our investigators track the suspect's movements and ultimately led to his location. >> reporter: an alleged killer today not yet entering a plea and awaiting a formal arraignment. steve patterson, nbc news. there is a push tonight to find a missing grenade in los angeles county. the county sheriff says that missing grenade was linked to a massive explosion that killed three deputies at a training facility in santa monica earlier this month. the device is one of two that were recovered from a storage unit after being reported to police. it is believed that both were inert during the recovery, but it's still unclear why one of them went off. still ahead tonight, the latest developments as a school bus overturns on a pennsylvania highway. plus, the massive search for a new orleans inmate who was let out by mistake from the same jail where ten others got

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mistake. just weeks after ten inmates broke out of that same jail. george solis has this report. >> reporter: it happened again. a new orleans inmate is on the run. this time it was no bold escape but rather the result of what the sheriff described as a clerical misidentification. >> as a sheriff i take full responsibility. >> reporter: according to sheriff susan hutson on friday inmate khalil brian was mistakenly released from the new orleans justice center after staff confused him with another person sharing the same last night. authorities say brian was charged with illegal possession of property and drugs and resisting an officer. new orleans district attorney jason williams says the office is working to find brian but questions the sheriff's leadership. >> i've been ringing the alarm for months and with systemic failures from the sheriff's office. >> reporter: ten weeks ago ten inmates escaped fr a hole in the jail. this video captured

when the inmates made a run for it, sparking a massive man-hunt. one is back in custody, one still on the run. two days after the release the sheriff dispelling. >> we're here to unqueivically deny the false rumors about a federal takeover of the jail. >> i think the people of new orleans are deeply concerned. i can tell you that the elected officials that depend on the sheriff, myself included, are also deeply concerned and believe there needs to be further action. >> reporter: nbc news has reached out to the sheriff about this release and the d.a.'s comments, but we have not heard back yet. >> george joins me in studio. george, the sheriff is up for re-election. do we know where that stands? >> yeah, the sheriff dissuspend her campaign back in may after the escape of those ten inmates. she has since restarted it earlier this month. jose? >> george solis, thank you. we're back in a moment with how this astronaut, a former

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delivery. >> thank you. >> thank you, jim. >> oh, gosh. >> can i give you a hug? >> that's jim, a ups driver, who delivers more than just mail. the withington family in victoria, minnesota, going all out to celebrate his final route after 32 years on the job. >> they're not customers, they're more friends than anything. >> jim showered with love and gratitude on his last day. >> it's hard to put into words. >> a farewell package for someone who always delivered. >> thanks, everyone. i lost her one time. i ain't going to lose her again. >> a 15-year love story finally getting its happy ending. richard smith and jan branton hit it off when they were in college in mississippi back in 1972. but when richard joined the military, their romance came to a halt. >> i was afraid it would be too much to her. that's why i let her go. i didn't want to. >> they reconnected

last spring, but then -- >> he said will you marry me, and i said yes. >> after flying from texas to georgia to see jan, richard didn't waste any time. he proposed at the airport. >> show her the ring. >> we're tying the knot. >> for this pilot a smooth landing for his last flight and career. that's brad hatchet, who's been flying for decades. but on his last day -- a big surprise after flying from hawaii from the people who ground him, his family. >> it was overwhelming. i could feel i was going to tear up and kind of held that in check. you know, you feel loved. >> surprise! >> and this birthday surprise isn't just for the birthday girl. that's yossiana

coughlin and her husband, former nfl athlete carter coughlin looking on past memories with friends and family. but that wasn't all. yossiana and carter had their own surprise. they're pregnant and expecting a baby boy. carter, you actually had surprise after surprise after surprise, and then also you actually prepared two different slide presentations. >> i did. i wanted to do a slide show, you know, of baby yossi all the way up to the beautiful woman she is now. and then i was thinking, oh, that would be such a great way to tell everybody. >> yossi, what do you think is the element that has prompted so many people to identify and share that love with you? >> it's just a little glimpse of heaven, in my opinion. it's all of us surrounded by each other and loving each other, being there for one another. like, oh, my gosh, this is what we prayed for. that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time, and good night. night.

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